22.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/13

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6591 — Tennet Offshore Gmbh/Mitsubishi Corporation/Tennet Offshore 2)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 182/09

1.

On 13 June 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Tennet Offshore GmbH (‘TOG’, Germany), which is controlled by Tennet Holding B.V. (the Netherlands) and Mitsubishi Corporation (‘MC’, Japan), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Tennet Offshore 2. Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (‘HoldCo’, Germany) by way of a purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture. Currently HoldCo is wholly owned by TOG. HoldCo holds 100 % of the shares in NewCo.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for TOG: offshore electricity transmission in Germany,

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for MC: trading in energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food and general merchandise,

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for NewCo: the construction, operation and maintenance of BorWin 1/2, HVDC cables (including converter stations) that connect certain offshore wind farms located in the North Sea off the German coast with the onshore power grid in Germany.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6591 — Tennet Offshore Gmbh/Mitsubishi Corporation/Tennet Offshore 2, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).